Over the weekend, Rinku Singh became the first ever citizen of India to appear in a professional baseball game here in these United States, as the GCL Pirates lost to the GCL Yankees in Bradenton, FL. He gave up three hits and a run in one inning pitched, but said he felt good after finally making his debut, which was kindly uploaded to the YouTubes:
Later, Dinesh Patel made his grand entrance into the game and threw a gem of an inning: nine pitches, seven strikes, one ground out, one fly out and one strikeout. Here's the big ground ball out that I'm certain the Rockies are taking note of today:
Congratulations to our boys for making their big rookie league debut! The future is bright! GAZAB!
If only Camp Tiger Shirt was around to see this. He'd be so proud.
BUT WERE THEIR TRUCK-DRIVING FATHERS THERE??